Independence Airport Independence Air Force Auxiliary Field | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Location | Independence, California | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,900 ft / 1,189 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°48′49.756″N 118°12′18.34″W / 36.81382111°N 118.2050944°W | ||||||||||||||
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Independence Airport ( FAA LID: 2O7) is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) north of Independence, serving Inyo County, California, United States. It has two runways and is mostly used for general aviation. The airport is a base for the Bureau of Land Management when fighting wildfires in the Eastern Sierra. [1]
Independence Airport has two runways:
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces as an auxiliary training airfield for the flying school at Lone Pine Airport, California.
This article incorporates
public domain material from the
Air Force Historical Research Agency
Independence Airport Independence Air Force Auxiliary Field | |||||||||||||||
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![]() 2006 USGS airphoto | |||||||||||||||
Summary | |||||||||||||||
Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Location | Independence, California | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,900 ft / 1,189 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°48′49.756″N 118°12′18.34″W / 36.81382111°N 118.2050944°W | ||||||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||||||
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Independence Airport ( FAA LID: 2O7) is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) north of Independence, serving Inyo County, California, United States. It has two runways and is mostly used for general aviation. The airport is a base for the Bureau of Land Management when fighting wildfires in the Eastern Sierra. [1]
Independence Airport has two runways:
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces as an auxiliary training airfield for the flying school at Lone Pine Airport, California.
This article incorporates
public domain material from the
Air Force Historical Research Agency